Léon Boëllmann

Born

25th September 1862

Died

11th October 1897

Birthplace

Ensisheim, Haut-Rhin, France

Léon Boëllmann was a French composer of Alsatian origin, known for a small number of compositions for organ. His best-known composition is Suite gothique (1895), still very much a staple of the organ repertoire, especially its dramatic concluding Toccata.